During his 40 years of practice Mr. Price has served as lead counsel in numerous complex cases. He regularly represents clients in sex, race, disability, religious, age and other employment discrimination cases before both the West Virginia Human Rights Commission and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and has defended discrimination cases before the OFCCP. He also represents clients in cases before the federal Mine Safety and Health Administration and the West Virginia Coal Mine Safety Board of Appeals, United States Department of Labor, Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs and other administrative agencies. Mr. Price regularly represents clients in the chemical, manufacturing, oil and natural gas, coal, timber, service and other industries. His practice includes representation of national clients as well as small and medium-sized entrepreneurial businesses.

Mr. Price has presented more than 100 arbitrations, defended employers in Fair Labor Standards Act class actions, state wage payment class actions, a significant ERISA class action, employee benefits cases, wage and hour claims, harassment litigation, “wrongful discharge” cases in both state and federal courts, and has acted as lead appellate counsel in matters before the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia and the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. While his practice encompasses all aspects of labor and employment law with a focus on administrative and trial court litigation he has also represented firm clients in complex personal injury, wrongful death, class actions and other “high risk” litigation.

Mr. Price also devotes a significant portion of his time to the negotiation of union labor agreements and related contracts, defense of Unfair Labor Practice charges, advising clients wishing to remain “union free,” conducting labor law compliance training for firm clients, and for 13 years taught federal labor law in the Masters of Industrial Relations degree program at Marshall University. In the union free setting, he has negotiated numerous executive employment and departure agreements, severance agreements, compensation agreements and other employment related contracts.

Mr. Price is a mediator, fully trained by the West Virginia State Bar. He also serves on the Board of Directors for the WV Chapter of the Society for Human Resource Management, and serves as a member of the Board of Directors, Executive Committee, Finance Committee and Human Resources Committee of HospiceCare, Inc., a nonprofit entity.

Practices a broad spectrum of matters including Equal Employment Opportunity cases, discrimination cases of all types, arbitrations, employee benefits litigation and wage and hour matters, including significant class actions, on both federal and state levels and litigation of employment cases in trial and appellate courts.

Practices before the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) and litigation of cases before the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), West Virginia Coal Mine Safety Board of Appeals and other administrative tribunals.

Provides client training in the areas of risk reduction, affirmative action, compliance, and maintenance of employment files and records.

Abels et al. v. Kaiser Aluminum and Chemical Co.; United States District Court for the Southern District of W.Va., Civil Action No. 2:90-0331. Lead counsel representing Kaiser Aluminum and Chemical Co. in a class action brought by approximately 700 former hourly employees of the company's Ravenswood, W.Va. facility, in which the plaintiffs claimed the company had violated Sec. 510 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) by failing to provide contractually required pension benefits to employees on recall status. Favorable settlement reached.

Cameron Bell v. Ashland Oil Co.; United States District Court for the Southern District of W.Va., Civil Action No. 3:92-0311. Lead counsel representing Ashland Oil Co. in case brought by employee who claimed his discharge was undertaken in retaliation for his reporting environmental violations to regulatory authorities and assisting such authorities with their inspections and investigations. Case was settled favorably after cross-examination of Plaintiff at trial.

Natalie Haynes v. Rhone-Poulenc Ag. Co.; 206 W.Va. 18, 521 S.E.2d 331 (1999). Lead counsel representing Rhone-Poulenc Ag. Co. in case in which female lab worker claimed the termination of her employment was due to her disability and sex. Jury returned verdict of less than half of final settlement demand. Appealed to Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia in order to clearly establish the law related to punitive damages under the West Virginia Human Rights Act.

Mark Lynch v. Appalachian Power Company; Circuit Court of Mingo County, W.Va., Civil Action No. 96-C-81. Lead Counsel representing Appalachian Power Company in case brought by discharged management employee who contended the termination of his employment was due to his disability - alcoholism. Jury returned verdict of less than half of final settlement demand. Appealed on behalf of employer and settled favorably on appeal.

Watson v. Mountaineer Gas Company; 76 F.3d 606 (1996). Lead counsel representing Mountaineer Gas Company in case brought to collaterally attack an arbitrator's award that had reinstated an employee discharged for a positive drug test. The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a ruling by the United States District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia that had set aside the arbitrator's award.

Presenter, various labor and employment topics and custom workshops for clients, SHRM Chapter meetings and associations covering a range of topics, including modern employee performance management, union free workplaces, employee social media use and employment law updates, among others